An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by family and friends to get a family member, friend, or loved one to seek help for an addiction or other similar problems. When one has tried everything possible to inspire or convince their loved one that they need help, but they will not admit into a program, an addiction intervention program is a successful tool in helping you help your loved one escape from the grips of denial, rationalization and projection.
By approaching them from a place of love and compassion, with help facilitated by a addiction interventionist, you will be helping them understand the problem that they have and that a treatment program is needed. Using a professional interventionist will not only ensure that you have taken the appropriate approach, but will also give you peace of mind knowing that you have expressed your love and concern in a professional, impacting, and very effective manner.
Addiction Intervention Process
An intervention is a very strategic process that must be facilitated and properly executed by an addiction intervention specialist to ensure desired results. In order to effectively perform a substance intervention, an intervention team will be established and then thoroughly prepared with the information required for attaining success. All parties involved will understand the purpose, process and techniques of the intervention.
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse: A Deadly DuoAlcohol and substance abuse is a dangerous combination. You need professional help in order to treat both addictions.
- User, Abuser, and Dependent: What's the Difference?User, abuser, and dependent. You've heard these words before in the context of alcohol addiction, drug addiction, or gambling addiction. What are their differences?
- Addiction DefinitionAddiction is also classified as a progressive disease. This means that the habit will only intensify as time goes on if nothing or nobody intervenes with the addiction.
- Intervention FAQsHere are some of the most common questions that families often ask about an intervention, whether for drug, alcohol, or substance addiction.
What does this cost the family for an intervention?
I have a newborn baby boy and then NICU in the hospital my fiance won’t stop using drugs n drinking i dont know What to do i have a daughter who is 7 and he is always fliping out moos swings n does not see his son. He makes me scared at times I dont know what to do.anymore please help me
My ex-husband and I were married when my oldest daughter was only 6 months old. Her biological father left when we found out I was pregnant. My ex-husband and I divorced in 2005. Our oldest was 15 when we separated. He remarried shortly after the divorce to a drug addict. Our daughter started using drugs and dating a guy that was a user. In 2008 my ex father-in-law passed away. In 2010 my second husband passed away. In 2013 a close family member passed away at 32 from breast cancer. Our daughter had flown home from Colorado to take care of her until she passed. In 2015 my ex passed away. In 2016 my father passed away. We have 4 daughters, so with this one being the oldest she was named as executor of the estate. After getting together with her boyfriend and finding out she had a large sum of money at her finger tips he talked her into thinking the $ was hers and that she didn’t have to share it with her sisters. After court and being arrested for embezzlement she was sentenced to 3 months or rehab. Then an overdose lead to another 3 months. Then another overdose lead to 3 months… she is now in her 5th rehab and pretty much has burned all of her bridges. I have no idea where to go from here. She has not contacted any family members since she dropped dirty and ended up back in rehab. I am surprised she didn’t go to prison. I think Covid saved her… Please help, we are at a loss. I now have 6 grandchildren and she has missed out on so much. And who knows how many lives she has left…
My brother is a Meth addict and alcoholic. He started using drugs after witnessing the clinical death and revival of our father twice. Our father had ALS since we teenagers. After those incidents he became paranoid to leave my father alone over night while my mother slept and would use drugs to stay up and watch over him. My mother and brother created a very co-dependent relationship this way. She was desperate for the help over night in caring for my father and my brother needed a place to live without any consequences of his actions. He began stealing my fathers pain medications, my mothers car and money. The meth use made him paranoid and delusional. He stabbed holes in the walls of his room, tore out light sockets, emptied the vaccum dust trays everywhere looking for hidden cameras and even tried to take apart my parents back up generator for my fathers medical equipment bc he was certain it was bugged. Most recently he was incarcerated for the past 3 years for the unauthorized use of vehicle that he stole from our visiting Aunt to go get drugs. He lead 15 police officers on high speed chase and subsequently totaled the car before surrendering. While he was in jail our father passed away due his illness and my brother never got to see him or say goodbye. After my fathers death my mother moved in with her sister in California and I moved out of the state as well. We all had been living in Virginia at the time. This left my brother alone in jail still in Virginia. He was released in January of this year expecting to be able to move in with my mother in California, hower that transfer became impossible because he got arrested on unauthorized use of a vehicle again. Now he is homeless and my mother continues to pay his cell phone bill just so she can know hes alive. He only calls her to ask for money and when she refuses to send him any he threatens to kill himself and holds her emotionally hostage. He is definitely still using. Hes almost 30 years old at this point and I don’t know what can be done for him. Hes been offered treatment options several times, given every advantage and still continues to to kill himself even after losing all friends and family. If you think he could be helped I’d love to know how. I care for him so much…he could be so much more than he is.
We are native Americans and my whole family is in active addiction except me. I’ve been sober for 21 years. My focus is on my baby sister. She is addicted to anything she can get her hands on. Her drug of choice is alcohol. She’s been drinking and drugging since she was 14. : /
This person begged me for the last 8 months to get them help and I tried but now I am out of their life but it’s still hurt knowing that they begged me to help them they kept telling me if they do not get help they will kill other people because they do not care about their life I think they need intervention they are killing them self using the drugs and pushing everyone they know out of their life but I still think they need help was wondering how much this program cost I am going to reach out to this person’s children to see if they can get them help
My ex-husband is an addict. He now has 6 children ranging from 6 months old to 23. So many times we have tried to get him help. He never stays in treatment. He is addicted to drugs and alcohol. He has childhood trauma. We all are waiting for the phone call he is gone. It torments our whole family. He has OD’d recently and that just intensifies the worry and torment.
My son is going to be 29 yrs old this year. He has been doing meth for almost 10 yrs. He has two beautiful children and the their mother also suffers with the same addiction. Theyre both now in it heavy, leaving the children with her mother. I live about an hour and a half away from them, we need help desperately, I don’t want to bury my son.
My twin brother is a 42 year old cocaine/crack addict still living with and recently stealing money from my parents. He resents our older brother and I for no apparent reason. He used to be the star athlete, funny, popular, attractive center of attention in high school and even through college. He had been drinking daily since high school but not sure about that these days as a head on collision/oui left him with a breathalyzer and zero tolerance for 3 years…I have not been to my parents in a long time because I can’t handle the way he hurts everyone, including himself! He also has chrohns disease. I miss my best friend. My guess is without help he will be dead soon. Not to mention the emotional toll it had taken on my Mom and Dad! Is there any help out there for him? Please
I am addicted to herion. I am 28 me. I lost my kids and when that happened I tried to fill the void with using more drugs and I am at the point where I want help before I just give up on life. I am alone because I was disowned by my family for drug use. I dont have money to pay for the rehab. I need help!